Strange But True General Aviation News
December 28, 2012 by Benét WilsonAmazing helicopter rescue story number two. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 442 Transport & Rescue Squadron managed to extract a snowboarder who was stranded in a steep ravine between Horseshoe Bay and Lions Bay in British Columbia, reports Canada.com. The squadron was able to make the rescue despite poor visibility caused by snow and wind.
I’m glad Alyssa is my flight instructor. Ravindra Pal Sing, the former director of a flight school in New Zealand, was found guilty of assault of two of his students by a local court, reports AvWeb. Sing was accused of slapping one student and pushing his head into the side of the cockpit. The other student accused him of elbowing her and raising his hand in a “threatening” manner.
Nice trick, but it still won’t help the New York Giants get into the playoffs. . The FAA has investigated and debunked a YouTube video purportedly showing star receiver Victor Cruz catching a football that appeared to be thrown from an airplane, reports AvWeb.
A beach landing. A pilot was able to walk away after making an emergency landing on a beach in New Jersey’s Bay Head, reports NBC Philadelphia.
Nice, but I’d rather have the real thing. Top Gear’s James May, who is a pilot, was recently featured in Radio Times demonstrating how to make the ultimate paper airplane. He said his creation was a cross between a Vulcan bomber and a Fairey Delta.
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December 29th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Um, it’s the Royal Canadian Air Force 442 Transport & Rescue Squadron, not the West Van Police. 442 is based out of Comox, they fly Cormorant helos and Buffalo fix-wing a/c on SAR missions all over western Canada.